Hanging appliance



511ml 1948. T. M. HARPOLE-ET AL 2 HANGING APPLIANCE Filed June 21, 1946 Inventor Attameys Patented June 1, 1948 HANGING APPLIANCE Thomas M. Harpole and Lawrence S. Pawkett, San Antonio, Tex.

Application June 21, 1946, Serial No. 678,202

3 Claims.

Our present invention relates to an improved hanging appliance, and more particularly to a hanger or support for laundered or other items by means of which such items may be hung or supported upon a clothes line or rod transversely thereof in order to make the maximum use of the longitudinal length of the clothes line or rod.

In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of our invention according to the best mode we have thus far devised but it will be understood that various changes and alterations may be made in the exemplified structure within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the appliance of my invention shown as mounted upon a clothes rod and carrying conventional clothes pins supporting a towel.

Figure 2 is a side elevational View of the appliance on a clothes rod with the hook so located as to grip the rod.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the appliance on a clothes rod showing a different normal position of the hook; and

Figure 4 is a side elevational view of the appliance mounted upon a clothes line with the hook engaged with the line.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like characters indicate like parts, we have illustrated the clothes support of our invention comprising a relatively stiff and straight bar 2 of suitable material, preferably metal, and upon the ends of this bar are illustrated conventional clothes pins 4 engaging a towel as 6. Obviously any form of clothes pin may be employed, and the pins will support any item such as clothes, towels and the like.

Near the center of the bar 2 we provide the hanger comprising a wire or metal rod bent to suitable shape and including the coil 8 about the bar leading to the upright member In which is curved downwardly and reversed to form the hook [2. The rod thus reversed returns as at l4- and is again coiled about the bar 2 as at l6. From the coil It the arm is extends upwardly and is bent at 2B in a vertical plane parallel with the bar 2 and terminates in a downwardly disposed hook 22.

As shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings, the appliance is mounted upon a rod or bar of relatively large diameter as 26 and it will be seen that the hook l2 partially encompasses the rod or bar 2 with the hook 22 pressing against the surface of the bar. The spring arm [8 and the hook 22 are disengaged from the bar 24 by moving the arm away from the bar and the hook 12 may then be removed from the bar.

In Figure 4 we have shown the appliance modified for engagement with a clothes line or rope or wire as 28 wherein the hook 22 engaging the line presses the line against the upright and return portions It] and M. The release from such small diameter lines is accomplished by moving the hook 22 and its arm It to the right in Figure 4 to release the hook from the line.

From the above description of the appliance it will be apparent that many more items may be hung on the supporting bar or line where the items are disposed transversely of the line rather than longitudinally thereof. The two hooks will securely retain the appliance upon the bar or line and the appliance may be detached with facility by the simple movement of the hook 22.

If desired, the bottom of the rod 2 can be suitably roughened so as to prevent the clothes pins from slipping out of position thereon. This has been indicated at 3.

Obviously this device is adapted readily to outdoor use as well as to use indoors, and is advantageous because it locks in position on its supporting means. It will hold its position on the line while supported fabrics are subjected to strong winds. Furthermore, the locking means causes a pressure on the supporting wire or the like at three points, so as to prevent slipping and also hold the rod at the proper angle to the supporting line or the like.

A further advantage is found in the fact that the article can be manipulated with one hand in attaching it or detaching it.

Furthermore it is possible to suspend the fabrics from the appliances in the laundry before they are taken out and placed on the line.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a bar and laundry supporting pins, of a hook secured to the bar and 3 engageable with a support, a second springpressed hook on the bar and movable longitudinally of the bar into engagement with the underside of said support.

2. The combination with a bar and clothes pins thereon, of spaced diverging upright members joined at their wider spaced ends to form a support engaging hook and having their lower ends secured to the bar, and a spring arm on the bar movable between the spaced members for engagement with the underside of said supp rt.

3. The combination with a clothes line and a supported bar disposed transversely of the line, of upright members on the supported bar, and a spring pressed arm on the supported bar terminating in a line engaging hook and resiliently urged to a position to press the line between the hook and the upright members.

THOMAS M. HARPOLE. LAWRENCE S. PAWKETT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date H 1,146,981 Weinberg July 20, 1915 1,268,606 Olsen et a1 June 4, 1918 1,421,709 Nelson July 4, 1922 1,690,614 Bower Nov. 6, 1928 1,900,826 Lindsay Mar. 27, 1933 

